"It's going to the stage now where it could be the end of the shopping centre, it's been quieter even the last couple of years with people buying online."

A spokeswoman for AMP Capital - which owns the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre - said the company had been working individually with Indooroopilly retailers through day-to-day correspondence to ease the "burden of this crisis.

Empty floors at Indooroopilly shopping centre where they have had mass store closures. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

"Every retailer needs different support and we are speaking with them individually to understand their particular circumstances," she said.

"Examples include pausing rent payments for the next couple of months, a change in trading hours, or assisting them to shut down for a period of time."

"We have also cancelled direct debit rent payments for April to assist with retailers cashflow."